We are absolutely delighted to share with you that Chloe Smith from Howell’s Class of 2013 has won this year’s GDST Alumna of the Year Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer Award recognises the incredible achievements of a GDST alumna in the early stages of her career. Chloe, who is the co-founder of the Bigmoose Coffee Co, a registered charity and coffee shop which has been expressly set up to mentor, train and employ vulnerable people in Cardiff, is a deserved winner of this prestigious award. To watch a film of Chloe talking about Bigmoose visit https://youtu.be/I1ZjCQ9_0V0
The winner of the main award is Louisa Blake (Birkenhead High School Academy) who is the founder of Looby Lou’s Lovely Lunches, a social initiative that began when she realised many students in primary schools across the Wirral were going hungry during the school holidays. Louisa noticed the behaviour of some pupils changed before holidays, facing the uncertainty of not having a regular meal each day.
Dame Rosemary Squire (Nottingham Girls’ High School), British commercial theatre owner, entrepreneur and philanthropist was the recipient of the GDST’s Exceptional Contribution award.
To watch the full presentation of the awards visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6xGp6RlsY0
To watch the shorter presentation of the awards which focuses on the winners visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9emwicU8ug
Many congratulations to Chloe and to all the winners and nominees for this year’s GDST Alumna of the Year Awards!